Jo3 1:1, He commends Gaius for his piety, Jo3 1:5, and hospitality, Jo3 1:7, to true preachers; Jo3 1:9, complaining of the unkind dealing of ambitious Diotrephes on the contrary side; Jo3 1:11, whose evil example is not to be followed; Jo3 1:12, and gives special testimony to the good report of Demetrius.

after a godly sort: or, worthy of God, This is a literal and proper rendering of the original αξιως [Strong's G516], του [Strong's G5120], Θεου [Strong's G2316], by which the antecedent to the possessive pronoun his, in the next verse, becomes immediately apparent. "In a manner worthy of God, and of your relations and obligations to Him, and such as He can approve." Th1 2:12

friends: Instead of φιλοι and φιλους, friends, an appellation used no where else as a mutual address among Christians, several manuscripts read αδελφοι [Strong's G80], and αδελφους [Strong's G81], brethren.